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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Dec 18, 2016 21:17:31 GMT
Bang Yongguk (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
Two months had passed, for the first month they had been doing promotions and after they ended they all were able to pick up a normal routine, which was great. It was so relaxing to the two, even though Snow had so many things to do for school and G was still doing a lot of work for the group, day in and day out. He had gone back to his family for a few days, since his grandfather was doing worse and worse and he wanted to keep spending as much time with him as he could, for now. But now they had to go to their first award show, which was crazy by itself. They were even nominated for a few awards, which was even crazier. But the craziest thing was that they even got to perform at the awards. They had flown out to Hongkong and were all getting ready now. They had rehearsed for days, weeks in advance. The danceline was gonna kick things off in collaboration with GOT7 which made Snow weak in the knees everytime she thought about it. She had trouble containing herself all the time but it was at its worst when she met the group when they had to rehearse together the day before the awards. When they had a break and she was able to leave for a moment she had literally stood outside screaming her lungs out and Jackson had caught her doing so, making it all even worse for her, but they actually were getting along greatly and had amazing laughs, which was to be expected with him. G had been getting along with the all the members of GOT7, but he wasn't that enthusiastic and energetic. The day was finally there and it was madness in the room they were getting ready in. The red carpet was happening soon and no one had their act together, it seemed. Though they were all looking fantastic. They were all dressed in black, white and red. Which was perfect. G was wearing black jeans that were heavily distressed and detailed, with strapped Martens in the same colour. He was wearing a dark red turtle neck with long sleeves and over that he had a black cardigan that reached his knees. The cardigan had a white band on his right upper arm with his sign in dark red and black. His ears were filled with black earrings and his hair had been styled in a very rough way, so that it all fell loose and messy. His eyes weren't made up that heavily, but there was a lot of black surrounding his eyes at the same time. He had a few rings that matched his earrings and that was it. Snow, miraculously was wearing a skirt. The skirt was loose and came above her knees, it was black with some rhinestone detailing. Since it was a high waist skirt, her blouse was tucked in. She too was wearing a turtleneck, but her shoulders were visible since that part was cut out. Her many earrings were all silver and her hair was loose, wavy and a bit messy as well. Though they had made a few braids behind her left ear, to make it a little more interesting. She was wearing over knee boots that were suede and her black with white stripes thigh high socks peeked out slightly above, enough to see a white border appear under the black opening. Her skin showed only ever so slightly, a centimeter or two before her skirt started so she didn't feel that uncomfortable and actually really liked the outfit. She had a big necklace that she adored around her neck and a few rings and bracelets. Nothing too much, it was just enough. Her boots were block heels, which made it sturdy for her to walk on despite the height. At least she came close to the rest of the group now. Her face was pale, contoured just enough to bring out her features and her eyelids sparkled underneath the thick eyeliner and lashes. Her lips were a dark red, but the heavy look actually looked great on her. The other members had similar outfits, Sulli was wearing a red dress, Park a button up and neat pants and shoes. Jr. was dressed in the same style as well. Jayu had been given a pair of black jeans, a white button up and a black cardigan similar to G's. Though he had gotten neater shoes than G. His make-up was kept quite natural as well, with just enough black. Lusi had gotten a skirt as well, fitted and black leather. She had a skin coloured pantyhose to cover her legs with and some black heels with a red bottom. Her button up was white, but had quite some red detailing. Overtop she was given a dark red cardigan that came to her butt. Her hair was tied in a curled ponytail and her make-up was quite sparkly too, not as thick with eyeliner as Snow's, but she had some eyeliner there, along with a red tinted look to tie everything together. Once everyone was ready, it was time to get on the red carpet. Which was a bit of a mess if it was up to Snow. They had to look professional, but Snow really didn't know where to look. Though once she found her spot she was waving as well, giving fingerhearts and posing a bit more. After that it was time to get seated, they sat between to GOT7 and EXO, which was great since they now knew both groups. G sometimes chatted a bit with Suho since he sat closest to him and more so chatted with Lusi since she was sat next to him. One thing Snow was annoyed with was her blanket, since she had to use that due her skirt, but Jackson made it funny by covering himself too and so Snow threw it over Jayu's legs too, looking at him and smirking for a moment. Eventually it was time to get ready for their performance, which meant a wardrobe change. Snow was happy to get out of her heels and into some flat shoes. She got black ripped jeans and a long black shirt along with white Martens, which seemed to be an ongoing theme but she didn't mind. She had some accessories added to her outfit to spice it all up. Her hair stayed the same, along with her make-up. G didn't have to change much, he only had to change his top. He got a distressed white shirt on with black cuffs around his wrists. They fixed his hair a bit and that was it. The same was for Jayu, he got a new shirt with long sleeves and Lusi got black ripped jeans as well, with a white distressed shirt with short sleeves and some black combat boots. Though, something the group had in common, even with GOT7 was that they got gloves on with lights that they could control and a choker with a light as well. They all had to get underneath the stage, except for Lusi and Snow, Jackson and Yugyeom. The four had to get backstage and just had to walk to their assigned spots. Snow and Lusi up front and the lads behind them, backs touching. Once the lights went out and they got their cue, it was showtime and Snow was a nervous wreck due it.
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Post by Sara Gather on Dec 18, 2016 23:13:57 GMT
Lusi Saeloon (Lucy) ~ Jayu Guwon (Jay)
Lusi had been glad when the promotions were done and they could just pick up their normal routine again with their own schedules and their own bit of free time she could spend with her sisters again since she hadn't seen them in the whole process of debuting and promoting. Meanwhile she also made sure to support G since she had heard that his grandfather was doing worse again, and it didn't seem like he would get much better from that state, and it really pained her too since she really liked his grandfather too. Jayu had just gone to school again, making up for the days he hadn't gone to school because of feeling bad and worn out during a period of time. It was going better with his mental state again, he wasn't doing great, but it was better. He still overworked himself sometimes, if it wasn't for getting better at everything, it was for school or practicing his own written songs that he still kept secret to all of his members, though he could guess that G knew he wrote songs himself because of the note he had found one day underneath his notebook. He didn't think any of it would come out well, since it didn't fit him, nor did it fit ECLIPSE, so most of the songs would never make it out there, but he was working on something for the group, and up until now he managed well. Lucy seriously had been surprised when they were going to their first award show and were even nominated for some awards, it was all surprising to her and she didn't believe it, even at the rehearsals that they had to be done with GOT7, which was also nerve wrecking for her since she didn't know shit until the last moment, but she managed well and was able to keep herself on her feet during rehearsals, and she also got along with everyone of the group well, since she was a very openminded person and could adjust herself to other peoples liking, more serious with others than energetic with other people. When the day finally was there, Lucy wasn't even annoyed with wearing a skirt for once since it did fit well and she had to admit that it looked good on her, though it sure was a bit weird to have this change going on. And then the heels she was wearing. She managed to walk normally with them, as it wasn't the first time on heels but it sure had been a long time since she had worn heels. She talked a bit with G next to her when he wasn't busy with Suho, looking around a bit to watch out for other groups and this all was a big plus for her already, to just see other members she had looked up to and enjoyed their music. Jayu did the same, looking around a bit and being glad with seeing some people. He had looked at Snow with some surprise when suddenly a blanket got thrown over his lap, making him chuckle and shake his head. "Aish, you just had to didn't you?" He asked her as he fixed the blanket a bit so it was lying straight. When it was time to perform he calmly got up and followed the rest of the group to get a change of clothes for the performance. He sure was nervous to perform in front of other groups that had more experience than they had, yet he also felt bad for Snow and Lucy that had to start off the whole thing, but they probably wouldn't matter much as long as they could do the things they did best. Lucy was actually pretty calm, even though they had a lot of pressure put on them as rookies to do this kind of thing, but she was sure it would turn out well, they had rehearsed it so many times already. She grabbed Snow's hand for a small moment and squeezed it when she noticed how nervous she was and just smiled at her to make her calm down a bit, yet when the lights dimmed she became serious again and waited for their cue that made them begin to dance, having a small dance part with the four of them before showing their individual skills and having a part together again, until the stage went all black again and the music started after a mere second, making the other members of ECLIPSE appear now and starting off their song and choreography. Lucy was glad the first part had gone well with no to very tiny mistakes, and now it was just routine throughout their song, nailing her parts of singing and dancing as always, her voice being clearer than the first times they performed due to the vocal practice she had been getting in the time between their debut and now. Jayu surpressed his nerves and made sure not to make any big mistakes in front of so many people, he didn't want to fail now.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Dec 18, 2016 23:38:44 GMT
Bang Yongguk (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
She smiled slightly when Lusi squeezed her hand for reassurance, but the moment their lights came on, she was dead serious and started dancing when the music started. She did well, especially in front of so many people she thought she did well since this was nervewrecking. She had to fall on her knees and land on her back at the end of her solo part and though it went well, she had hurt her knee by landing too roughly. No one who saw it, though. She didn't even notice it herself. When their group came together again she felt relieved, knowing that she could lean on the group for mental support during their performances. They got their dark song and GOT7 did Hard Carry, mixing the dark and light concept again but with two groups now. She danced perfectly with the group and rapped her parts with ease, looking confident and fierce but also hitting the right notes when she sung. G was dancing fine, rapped perfectly too and actually remembered where he had to look for the cameras. After their perfomance they had to chance back to their clothes that they wore earlier and then get back to their seat, which Snow did with love. Though it took her a bit longer to get ready since her knee had to get cleaned up, making her smile innocently to their manager who was looking at her with a "again?" kind of look but laughed it off as well. Once she was seated again she covered herself with the blanket, just like all the girls had to do when they wore shorts, skirts or dresses. It was a pain.. As if she would show off what was underneath her skirt, bullshit. But she dealt, clapping with all the announcements, performances and when she had to laugh do Jackson or something the members said. Eventually the award for Rookie Of The Year came, which was one of their nominations. Snow and G sat back relaxed, knowing they wouldn't win. It was hard for a co-ed group to get popular and even though they had been the first since a while, it wasn't like people raved about it. G had his legs crossed and his elbow on the back of the seat whilst his other hand laid on his leg. They announced the winner and suddenly people started clapping so Snow and G clapped along, until they realised it was their name that got called. G looked up in shock, looking at the other members whilst standing up whilst Snow was just frozen with shock. "The fuck?" She whispered to herself in English, looking at the other members getting up in shock so she slowly followed too and fixed her skirt, walking down the stage to the microphone. G received the award, bowing to the announcers and bowing again when he got the award in his hands. He stood by the microphone in shock, looking at the award. "Uh.. Yes," he recaught himself after a hit on the back by their eldest who didn't dare look up from the floor, scared to have his tears shown. "This is an honour.. It's actually crazy," G laughed and spoke a bit hesitant at the same time. "Uhm, thank you all! Thank you to the fans, our team, our manager, our families who support us, my family who seems to support my members more than me," he laughed softly, looking at the members for a moment. "Thank you all for this opportunity, we love you all! Thank you to our sunbaenims who inspired us and thank you to our sunbaenims under our company for helping us debut and get through all this craziness, thank you guys so much, we love you!" G spoke, Snow popping in with a quick thank you and we love you in all other languages that she spoke whilst trying to hide her tears as well. The crowd was so loud, cheering for them, the groups seated where they were just a moment ago were cheering so loud as well for them, especially those from SM and GOT7. They then had to walk backstage, which was great since Snow really just broke down, not believing that they had just won their first award after two months. Even G was getting emotional, feeling extremely proud of his members.
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Post by Sara Gather on Dec 19, 2016 0:31:39 GMT
Lusi Saeloon (Lucy) ~ Jayu Guwon (Jay)
Lusi was proud of their maknae that she had pulled it off even with the amount of stress that she had, and she had done it perfectly. She really enjoyed doing this performance in some way, even if the stakes were up much higher than it would be normally, but it also reassured her that they had made some impact if they let them perform. Lucy got changed into her former outfit again, not complaining at all, since it was a nice change to wear something different than usual, even if she hated skirts most of the time, this time was special. She stayed behind a bit to wait for Snow to get her knee cleaned, shaking her head and complaining teasingly about her always getting hurt the way she did. She also sat back down again when they got back to their seats and covered her own legs with a blanket again too, sharing it with Sulli as she was sitting on her other side. She clapped along with the crowd with all the announcements and performances, enjoying the whole happening too and she was curious which rookie would get the award this year. She also was pretty certain that they wouldn't get it due the short timespan between their debut and MAMA, but she was curious how their fellow rookie groups pulled it off. When it got announced she clapped two times before it hit her that they called them up, making her look up in shock too and standing up hesitantly to be sure they didn't make some sort of mistake, but it didn't seem like it so she just followed the group with some hesitant steps sometimes interfering. Jayu was the last one to leave his seat and follow behind the group since it was more unreal for him at this point due not even being 4 months into the group itself and them winning an award now was mindblowing, so it automatically brought him to tears, standing next to Jr. and hiding his face slighly. Lucy was overwhelmed but kept it dry, though it was lovely to see everyone cry their eyes out, making her a bit emotional as well but not to the point she would be crying, chuckling even at the little joke G threw in there about his family, Jayu only feeling a stab through his chest when he mentioned supporting family as he had none, but he liked to think as the group being his family now, so he tried to forget it quickly and just let the other members handle it, walking backstage with them afterwards and literally bawling his eyes out for this one as it had come unexpectedly. Lucy walked over to G to pat him on the back and was also proud of all the members since they all played a big part in this win. She then went over to Snow to hug her closely for a bit and rubbed her back. It was cute how everyone was so emotional, she was too of course, no one had expected this to happen.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Dec 19, 2016 0:53:57 GMT
Bang Yongguk (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
He had dried his tears quickly, only letting a few escape before Lusi patted his back, making him smirk and wink at her. Snow hugged Lusi closely when she got to her and smiled brightly, still feeling as if this was unreal. It had stabbed her too when G spoke about their families supporting them, but it was natural for them to say so. No one needed to know what was going on behind the scenes for them. G had made his way to the elders of the group and hugged them all shortly, handing the award to their manager and smirking at him, thanking him for everything and hugging him for a moment before he finally was able to make his way to Jayu. He hugged him close and patted his back softly, comforting him but also somehow showing him that he was extremely proud of him too. The cameras then came to them, which was somewhat an annoyance since this took their private moment away but at the same time this was their life now. G was the first to look at the camera and hold up a fingerheart, smirking a bit. He got asked how it all felt and he looked at the other members for a moment, while still hugging Jayu. "I think we can all agree that we never saw this coming, especially this soon. We are so greatful for everyone who voted for us and supports us. This means everything to us, we aren't just a co-ed group, we're here to stay and this has proven that fans want us to stay too. We will continue to improve our work and always fight harder!" G smirked and bowed slightly before he returned his attention completely to Jayu again. With that the cameras left again too, which was great since now they could calm down privately.
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Post by Sara Gather on Dec 19, 2016 12:24:13 GMT
Lusi Saeloon (Lucy) ~ Jayu Guwon (Jay)
Lusi made sure to have her arms around Snow fully to give her full support and rubbed her back while doing so, smiling a bit at the reaction Snow had given before and even now still. It sure seemed unreal, and she actually thought they just had called up the wrong group, but no faults were being spoken anymore, so it should really be like this.. "You did great at the opening too, even though you were clumsy again," she whispered to their maknae about her knee now and looked at her. "It all seems unreal doesn't it?" She then asked her, as she saw that nobody could believe this had happened, if even their manager was surprised.. She glanced over at G who now made way to comfort Jayu, smiling warmly as the two really seemed to get along, it was sweet. Jayu had been a bit lost when coming backstage, following the other members yet seemed to awaken again when he felt that he got pulled into a hug, hugging G back and resting his head on the taller man's shoulder to recapture himself and calm down a bit. It had surprised him, and it felt even more unreal to him since he only was active during the last two months before the debut of the group. He was glad that working his butt off still had brought out something good to go along with the group, eventhough he did have his doubts. It was the manager that put him in the group, but the manager didn't hesitate to talk to Jayu in private when it was needed or when the progress wasn't enough or it looked like he wasn't trying his best, suggesting it was better to leave the group again if it didn't work out or he couldn't make it, but he made it, and he was glad he did. He hid his eyes a bit when they came with camera's since he could guess he looked like shit right now, and that wasn't something he wanted to show everyone at this moment. He couldn't care actually, but it was probably not a good idea to show himself to be so weak right now. Maybe his parents watched, he didn't want to give them the blessing of seeing him cry. He let go of G for a bit when he got asked something so he could talk more comfortably and also bowed slightly to the camera before softly dipping the tears away. It was great he didn't have much make-up on, otherwise it would've looked bad, but it all was still do able.. He was happy being comforted by G, making him proud of himself too that he had managed to get into the group and debut with them, sharing this moment while they won their first award already, he still couldn't believe it.
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Post by pieceofmind on Jan 22, 2017 19:54:39 GMT
Bang Yongguk (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
Some time had passed again and they had won one more award, it giving off the same reaction as the first since they really didn't see it all coming. But now they had gone back to working hard on their new songs and their activities. Snow had been casted for Unpretty Rapstar, which she definitely hadn't seen coming, but she was really happy about it since it was chance for her to show off what she could do and it could also bring some more popularity to the group. She was filming their first episode at the moment and it made her nervous. It was about everyone coming out, introducing themselves and that was it, the rest she had forgotten due her nerves. She had dressed herself up, no work done by any stylists. So she had dressed herself like she normally would. She had some white dc. Martens on, black fishnet tights, a pair of black shorts but those weren't to be seen underneath the big black shirt she had on and overtop she had an army jacket on that was too big for her, Her hair she had braided into two dutch braids and her make-up wasn't as simple as she normally would do. She started liking the winged eyeliner look so much that she had done her best to do it herself and it looked camera worthy. If she had school or so, she wouldn't do it, but since this was Unpretty Rapstar, she felt like she could. One by one they were allowed to walk in and she was the last, making the tension rise since everyone was curious and since she was nervous. She walked up to the door and opened it carefully, looking around the room before walking in and closing the door, bowing immediately in a perfect 90 degree angle as she was thought and greeting everyone. She walked up to the last seat and sat down, pulling a leg up the chair to get comfortable and listening to the whispers. 'She looks so young..' It was interesting to see but it all got shut down by the MC's. The atmosphere was awkward and it laid heavy upon her, it made her nervous and even made her forget the lyrics she had written to prepare for their introduction that she knew was coming. So when it came, she sunk in her chair and sighed. The beat come on which was Ready or Not by Fugees, which she could work with. The MC rapped first, then chose another girl to rap and so it went on. She was about the fourth out of the ten girls to rap and it felt like a good spot for her to be in, not ready to break the ice and not ready to end the fire yet. She reseated herself and sat on her leg whilst she pulled the second one up. She waited a little moment, fixing her jacket a bit and when the beat seemed right for her to start, she did. Her words flowed easily, she used Korean since she didn't want to be pointed at as the one only using English. But she ended it in English; 'Y'all Unpretty unnies better watch your back, a Snowstorm is comin' and it ain't holdin' back.' Which caused quite the reaction, although she was just relieved to have it done so well and that she hadn't forgotten any words. Meanwhile G was traveling back from his family reunion. He was traveling back by train and still had a bus to take, which was quite the hustle for him. Though it was fine since he was writing lyrics and listening to beats and melodies he had produced, trying to match some words up with it. But eventually he just put on some songs and relaxed, stepping out of the train and getting on the bus he needed to get to the company. He had been away for about a week and he was ready to get back in action, feeling inspired and revived after seeing his family and even his grandfather, though he knew it was going to be a sad trip back to his family soon. Once he arrived at SM, he quickly grabbed his bags and went inside, greeting everyone calmly and getting to the MoonRoom so he could dump his things there.
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Post by Sara Gather on Jan 23, 2017 17:29:11 GMT
Lusi Saeloon (Lucy) ~ Jayu Guwon (Jay)
Time had seemed to pass by quickly, having multiple award shows following up one after another, and winning two awards was really tiring in its own way. They had been asked to perform during the shows, so if they had to perform every week it sure began to feel heavy, but it had been the same when they had debuted when they had to go on inkigayo, so they were more adjusted to it by now. Yet still, Jayu had a hard time keeping up with their schedule, working out more often so he could follow it up a bit more when he was in better health, and it did seem to work out up until now so he wasn't the one to complain anymore. He wasn't feeling awkward anymore around the other members, he built up a good relationship with all of the members, though he still was somewhat distant from Sulli, but that was just because she was more girly and he didn't know how to deal with that. He was bad with communicating with girl groups too as he just didn't know how to react, but that was something he'd learn to deal with after a while he thought. Right now he had taken the time to talk more to their label mates, getting to know them better and once in a while just watched their performances and dance practices to pick up a few things from them so he could come out better in Eclipse. He had improved a lot in the months he had been part of the group, his rapping was better, he did it with ease now and managed to get some fast raps through, and his dancing had also became a lot better, though he still couldn't do freestyle. He was happy if he could stick to just choreo. So now he was at SM, practicing alone in the practice room with songs from other label mates such as EXO and SHINee. The other members were all busy with something anyway, and he didn't have a set schedule to do for now, so he was free for a while so he could better use it for practice. G had gone to his family, Lucy had gone to her sisters too since she hadn't seen them for a while, Snow was casted for unpretty rapstar, he didn't know where Sulli went, she just kinda disappeared out of the dorm all of a sudden yet still reacted in the group chat so there wasn't much to worry about. And then Park and Junior, they were mostly going for vocal practice and did have individual schedules at the moment. He also had taken advantage of the other members being gone or busy to work on his vocal abilities and working on the songs he wrote, wanting to keeping it a secret for now since he didn't want to et them know it it would flop afterwards, he'd otherwise would feel even worse than just himself knowing it, and the manager then. Lucy was still with her family and friends, celebrating by giving herself some time to recover from their heavy schedule and just to see her sisters again that were very excited to see her again too, being proud little sisters. Normally she would always call them after a day had ended so she could keep them update, but the last few weeks had been hectic so she didn't had time to call them as often as she had wanted to, so now she had taken a week to get back to her sisters to make up for it. She had to go back in two days to pick up where she had left off with the group, and then they would work on their songs and comeback again which she was very excited about and didn't stop talking about it to her sisters too. She knew the both of them also were very ambitious, talking about also auditioning for SM and being idols, but Lucy tried to calm them down a bit on that topic, just to let them think a bit longer before making a decision like that since she didn't want to see her sisters to be let down too much if they wouldn't be accepted, so the advice she gave them was, if they wanted to become idols anyway, that it was maybe better to audition for multiple labels than only SM, she had done so too, she had been accepted for a few, but had chosen SM out of them, and she didn't complain. It would be funny to see her sisters get into another company than SM, making them rivals in that way, but she didn't want to talk or think about it for now. She had visited the grave of her parents too, it wasn't easy for them, to lose their parents at young age, but they got through it, and became stronger to it too, though she could understand that her sisters were in a more difficult position when they're being asked to get their parents to school, making Lucy or her friend that takes care of the girls to go over instead. But they didn't get bullied, and managed well even throug the hardships, making her a proud big sister.
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Post by pieceofmind on Apr 13, 2017 20:23:42 GMT
Song Haya (Snow) ~ Bang Yongguk (G)
Time seemed to pass slower now they really were busy with promoting outside of music shows. They all had some things to do, whether it was for their band or not. Yongguk was doing quite a lot of stuff inside the MoonRoom, but also outside of it. He had found a way to earn some extra money at a local coffee shop, within sight of SM, which came in handy. He wasn't exactly looking for a job now that they had debuted, but he wanted to make some money seperately so that he could spend it on the members, the dorm and save some up if he could in case of emergency, with his grandfather in mind. He hadn't told the members about it, since they'd argue and look for jobs too which wasn't bad, but he knew how tired they all were and he felt like he had to carry the members on his shoulders, he was the leader of the group after all. He had just finished a shift at the coffee shop and quickly changed to head into SM, an ice coffee in his hand and his phone in the other. Once he got back into the MoonRoom he started everything up and started a log, talking a bit whilst doing some things on the computer, like producing beats. Eventually he started rapping freestyle so he could come up with some lyrics, it helped when he didn't know something particular to rap about. Their concept stayed the same, dark and light, badass and powerful. He didn't mind that at all since it gave creative freedom, but that creative freedom did need to pay off. It had paid off with the awards that they had gotten already, but they still were seen as that one new co-ed group, nothing compared to their seniors. The ones active right now like EXO and the NCT units, they meant nothing compared to them in ratings. But he didn't mind, they did their own thing and as long as a comeback was on the rising, he'd stay satisfied and work hard, despite being quite exhausted already and the day was only halfway through. Snow had been busy with Unpretty Rapstar and really just practicing a lot, on all fronts. She tried to keep up with school too, but it had it's up and downs. Especially since stress happened and made her skin break out more, logical for a young girl, but it didn't quite help her confidence. However, she was too lazy to slap on make up like she usually did so she made sure to just take proper care of her skin. Her hair was a little disaster too since it began to grow out more so more of her black hair came through and made the dead grey ends fade away, but she didn't mind it one bit. Her hair was growing and it was healthier after being bleached to death to achieve the grey, so this was a good thing. As it was the afternoon, she was done with school, which sent her flying off to Unpretty Rapstar again. She sat in the van, which she was grateful for cause otherwise she would've taken the bus, applying make up at the speed of light, but still trying to make it look good. Her signature really had become the thick eyeliner, but in a moving van it was impossible for her to do that, so she kept her make-up natural, accenting her good features and hiding her blemishes. She tied her hair up in a messy ponytail which didn't look all that bad and she threw her blazer in her backpack, since she didn't have any extra clothes with her and didn't know if she'd be able to change, until she remembered they were filming the music video today. It made her sigh out of relief, now she wouldn't have to look like this for long and she could even adjust her make-up. Eventually, after deciding who was gonna rap when and how it all was gonna get filmed, it was time for styling and she couldn't be more excited when she saw the choices they had. She immediately grabbed some clothes together and went to change. She had thrown on black fishnet tights that went above her belly button, light denim massively ripped jeans and her own Dr.Martens that she already had on in oxblood. She wore a black fitted crop top with long sleeves on her upperbody and over that she had a leather jacket with writing on the back. She sat down in front of the mirror and started fixing the mistakes she had made in the van on her way here and began with her trademark make-up. Some thick eyeliner, bigger fake lashes and a gradient red lip. Her hair was kept in a messy ponytail since it suited the look, she just made it messier and 'puffier' to really get it going. And after that it was time to shoot. She had the longest verse, which was both exciting and nerve-wrecking. But as long as she just rapped like she usually did and didn't make the mistakes others did make, she'd be just fine.
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Post by Sara Gather on Apr 14, 2017 1:59:44 GMT
Lusi Saeloon (Lucy) ~ Jayu Guwon (Jay)
He was happy in some way that the music shows had dimmed down, giving him more time to catch a breath where there weren’t camera’s and people always asking questions, and where he had to hide his worn out state since it became more obvious as time has passed and there wasn’t much he could do about it all at the moment. He sometimes really wondered why he wanted to be an idol, how he would survive all of this since he didn’t see himself get far if he didn’t have the other members to pull him up there. He worked hard though, always giving his all to help the group in any way possible. Lusi sometimes stopped him when he was practicing, because of the state he looked like, and he didn’t want to go against Lusi since she could get pretty mad when the youngsters weren’t listening and he sure knew that. So this was one of those days that she had told him to take it easier for a bit instead of spending hours at the practice room. So after school was over he saw Snow immediately being picked up to go the unpretty rapstar and after watching the van disappear, he calmly made his way over to the bus stop to get to the SM building. He wasn’t planning on practicing, because if Lusi found out he’d be in trouble, but she only said not to practice, she didn’t say anything about working on songs. If he wasn’t mistaken G would be at the moon room around this time, so he couldn’t go there, but there were enough places he knew he could fix a piano and try some things out, even if it was just writing don chords, it was still something that kept him busy while not physically break him, and it wouldn’t hurt him mentally either because he could only think about writing then. Though the lyrics would be a hell of a lot harder on him probably since he always got things out of his thoughts for that, but he tried to make it as good as he could. He didn’t think anyone of the other members had noticed yet that he went for more vocal training, and was writing. Except for G then, because he had seen the note that G had left one time by his notebook. He didn’t know how much of the lyrics he had read, or how he had imagined a tune to it, if he had even gone so far, if he had even read a single letter or just scanned over it and knew that it were lyrics and tunes he had written down. He was even thinking of writing a song for the group, since everything he had now were just things that he probably would never let the world hear, since they were far from good. He’d ask G for some advice sometime, when he had time since he didn’t want to disturb G right now when he was busy with his own production of some songs. Besides Jay’s weren’t as great as G’s songs, he did write some pretty awesome things and his didn’t come close to that at all. But if he didn’t try he would never know if it did fit him or not, or that he could pull it off in a way. While he had been in the SM building for a while now, he had got to know the other groups under SM who he admired and looked up to as some great groups. He got close to a few EXO members, and Mark from NCT which was a great achievement for him to make friends here while he lacked in social skills. A surprising friendship that had grown was between him and the members of SHINee, Key especially, he couldn’t really place it but he had walked in on SHINee while they were practicing and well he didn’t get away unnoticed. He wasn’t the one to start a talk, as he had wanted to go away the moment he had got there to not disturb his seniors but it was Key that came up to him immediately and said it didn’t matter that he had come in since they didn’t say beforehand they’d use the practice room, and like that he stayed to look at his elders practicing, he sure had stayed a while with them until it probably was time to get moving so the other members wouldn’t think of him as missing. He hadn’t said anything about his friendship with SHINee though, he didn’t think it was an importance to tell. Lusi had taken a few days of rest to spend with her family, it had been a while since she had seen her sisters and she wanted to know how they were doing and how school was going as she hadn’t been of much help lately with all the schedules that came piling up one after another. She was happy she could spend some time with her sisters and friends again, it looked like ages since the last time she had been with them, but it couldn’t last long as she had to get to work too. She couldn’t let G handle all of it, so she said her goodbyes to her sisters, and friend where they stayed and got in her car to go over to the SM building to see what G was up to, and to see if Jayu was actually listening to her about resting. If she saw him practicing she swore she would do something to him. It was no use breaking his body to get something done quickly that actually needed time. When she arrived at SM she glanced quickly through the practice rooms but didn’t see Jayu directly, so that was a good thing. Once she was satisfied with Jayu not being there she went up to the moon room to check up on G, and she could’ve guessed he was working on something again. She walked over to him and placed her hands on his shoulders, squeezing them a bit to feel if he was tensed but it had been worse so she leaned on his shoulder a bit and rested her head on top of his. “Hi,” she then said cheerfully as she smiled and looked at what he was doing, curious about all of it, about the next masterpiece that would be written.
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Post by pieceofmind on Apr 14, 2017 2:16:05 GMT
Song Haya (Snow) ~ Bang Yongguk (G)
She stood nervously behind the cameraman that followed the girls around since it all had to happen in one take, which was so hard because no one could make a mistake or they had to start all over again, unfortunately that already had happened and she didn't appear on the screen once. But this time she finally got to run to her spot to film the first chorus and it was nervewrecking already. But she managed well, imagined it like the videos she filmed with her group and immediately switched around from the school girl with a dream to be a singer, to the fierce rapper she tried to be. Which she believed she executed well. After the camera went away she ran up the stairs to the spot where she'd be filmed next, fixing her clothing and hair and making sure she'd look right. When the camera came to her she rapped, but messed up a line and groaned to herself, now they had to do it all again. She apologized over and over again and got back to her first spot. The second time she did get through it perfectly, feeling more confident and especially determined not to mess up. After all of that it was time to go home, luckily. They had been filming for hours already and she was quite tired, to say the least. Yongguk hadn't noticed anything or anyone during his time alone in the Moon Room, he was just busy with music, trying to come up with something good but instead he ended up doing some solo song he had been working on for a while now. He was a perfectionist with the group's songs, but especially with his own. That was all in his control and he was his own boss, so he could twitch it all until he was perfectly satisfied with himself. He hadn't heard Lusi come in, nor was he aware of Jayu being in the building too, but that was quite fine. His shoulders tensed up more when she suddenly grabbed his shoulders, relaxing at her squeeze as he stopped the recording and sighed out softly, resting his back against the back of the chair and smirking half, since he knew who was with him. "Hey," he spoke softly, compared to her excited voice. He was excited for sure to see her back, but he just wasn't one to always be so energetic and excited. Instead he slowly stood up to make sure he didn't hit her chin and moved the chair away to hug her, smirking more now and looking happier, seeing her healthy and in good shape. "Long time no see, we got some catching up to do."
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Post by Sara Gather on Apr 14, 2017 4:11:26 GMT
Lusi Saeloon (Lucy) ~ Jayu Guwon (Jay)
Lusi could’ve known that he’d be too busy to notice her walking in, he was always absorbed in what he was doing when it involved either family or music, but the reactions she sometimes got out of him were great, she liked it anyway, she didn’t care he wasn’t up for that, he should know her by now. She pouted when he spoke softly but she knew it wasn’t always in him to be all cheerful every time, so she didn’t mind at all, a response back was also very pleasing to her. She let her hands fall off of his shoulders and leaned back a bit when he stood up, looking up at him and smiling brightly as he moved the chair to hug her. She hugged him back and buried her face into his shoulder, closing her eyes. It had been a while since she had seen all the members, except for Jay then, because she caught him too much on practicing, but it sure had been a while since she had talked or even seen G. “Long time no see indeed, did I miss much while I was gone?” She asked with her face still buried in his shoulder before she eventually looked up and smiled innocently. She felt a lot better after seeing her family, it really relieved her to see her sisters doing well and that made her happy. She hugged him for a tad longer before she slowly let go of him and looked at the monitor to see what he was working on, curious about what he was doing but she wouldn’t sneak into the files just to see and hear what it was, as she knew it could be somewhat private. If he wanted to let them hear, then he would so she’d just be patient to see if he brought it out there or didn’t. “How is leadership working out without me helping around, hmm? Managed well?” She then asked calmly with the remaining smile on her lips, looking up to him as he was still quite a bit taller than her. Jayu just minded his own business in the room he practiced and wrote most of what he worked on. Right now he was writing something for the group, as well as putting some work into a solo piece for himself that came up during writing, he just had to figure out the melody more and then get a lead in to see if it would work out or not. He could always just stop trying if it didn’t work out, but if he didn’t try it at least once he would never know. He hummed along the melody he played on the piano and sang some of the lyrics into the melody, adjusting a few things so it would come out better. It sure took some time to get things done like this, he couldn’t understand how fast G was with this sort of things sometimes. He continued the same routine a bit until he had all the notes he wanted and how he wanted them and the lyrics fitted. It was just a little experiment, it sounded simple but once he could get it fully done, it should be a pretty good song, in his eyes.. Once everything was fine he began singing the song again, trying to have some confidence in his voice now that he was alone.
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Post by pieceofmind on Apr 14, 2017 4:33:06 GMT
Song Haya (Snow) ~ Bang Yongguk (G)
He smirked brightly when she spoke and stroked through her hair for the remaining time of the hug, it was pretty much an automatic response when she buried her face in his shoulder but he made sure to do it carefully to not disturb how her hair laid and with that mess it up. He chuckled quickly and shrugged a bit. "Not that much, everyone has been busy with their own thing and you have kept your eye on the little rookie who caused most trouble. Haya sometimes was a handful to get out of bed though, without you there it's a constant fest of running in with pots and pans," he laughed quietly as he pushed her softly in her back to guide her with him to the couch, sitting down comfortably on it. "But I believe I managed well, we're all still in one piece so that counts," he smirked as he ran a hand through his hair. "I've just been busy with writing songs and all since I came back," he spoke as he quietly yawned. He was quite tired, but a good kind of tired. He was satisfied with all the work he had done today and therefore he didn't mind his fatigue. Snow had to take a bus back, which she didn't really mind, it gave her some time to just sit and relax, let it all sink in from today and really just have a breather. She was headed to the company since it wasn't that late yet and she knew that either Yongguk or Jayu would still be there. Once she arrived there she wandered through the halls a bit to find the members, though she knew atleast their leader would be easily found in the MoonRoom, but she didn't want to miss out on seeing Jayu. Though they went to the same school, she kind of had begun to take distance again there to focus on her classes and avoid the bullies and with that all people at school together. Including him, which she hoped he wasn't upset about since she acted as normal outside of school. She just wanted to keep her head down there. Which was why she now searched for him, to see if he was okay and catch up a bit with him too for today. She came around the practice rooms and heard some distanced noises coming from one of the rooms. She wasn't unfamiliar with snooping on other groups and listen to their practice, she quite liked it and if she could watch she definitely would, so she moved closer, quietly since she didn't wanna cause a ruccus in the already quiet building. Once she got close to the door, she noticed who it was and it made her gasp without a sound, making sure not to be accidentally heard though it was quite difficult with the piano playing. But she could hear Jayu's voice loud and clear and it surprised her to her core that the new boy of the group whom she had never heard of, had such a nice voice. She had heard the smallest bit of it and then his rapping, but this was a different story and it was one she liked quite a lot more. It didn't sound all too happy, she couldn't really make up what he was saying since the piano overpowered it outside of the room, but emotions weren't to be missed and she didn't see him as one to quickly write some over the top happy song to play alone in a practice room, that was if he was alone. If she knew him somewhat well, she'd be right on him being alone there. Her curiosity got the best of her anyway and so she was going to find out. She opened the door as quietly as she could, opening it for the slightest bit so she could peek inside, only to found out she was right. Their newest member behind a piano, singing at the top of his lungs rather than in a whisper and it made her smile once more. Though Snow being Snow, she got overly excited and clumsy, hanging too much on the door which caused it to swing open after she lost her balance. She tumbled into the room and hit the floor, crawling back immediately though her knees hurt a tad from the collapse. "I'm sorry, oppa! I didn't mean to disturb or snoop-ah.. Eh.." She stumbled out quickly as she smiled innocently, looking up to him.
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Post by Sara Gather on Apr 14, 2017 5:14:56 GMT
Lusi Saeloon (Lucy) ~ Jayu Guwon (Jay)
She chuckled slightly at the feeling of G stroking through her hair as he did often, it sure had been a while since she had been here to meet him, but she was fully back now again so she could enjoy it all again. “Yah! That rookie! I swear he’s going to die someday from exhaustion!” She spoke up about Jayu as he mentioned him and sighed afterwards, chuckling a bit when he spoke about Snow. She could’ve guessed that would’ve become a problem, It was so hard to get that kid out of bed. She calmly followed him to the couch and sat next to him calmly, leaning into him since that was comfortable for her, and it wouldn’t be the first time she did things like this anyway. “I would’ve been shocked if y’all wouldn’t be in one piece when I came back,” she said with a small pout before listening and nodding to his words. “Hmm, I’m curious to hear what you have produced and written in the time that I was gone, but I’m sure it’s awesome anyway,” she said with a small laugh before she poked his cheek and tilted her head. “If you’re tired you should sleep though, taking care of the kids is hard enough as it is, I almost feel bad or leaving you with them,” She said with an innocent smile. “But I’m glad it went fine then, that there weren’t major problems and that you actually seem very pleased yourself for being tired. And not stressed, that’s new,” she said teasingly as she smiled innocently at him, leaning a bit more against him, resting her head on his shoulder again. Jayu continued calmly with what he had just written, following the notes and the lyrics he had brought onto paper and it sounded right, though maybe not for his voice. Well he could then at least be useful as a songwriter rather than a singer, he hadn’t noticed that he was being overheard, focusing too much on the music to make it come out right the way he wanted it too, otherwise he’d be annoyed for the rest of the day. It sure helped he had been able to finish up the two songs today and at almost the same times, it gave him some time to think about new things, as an idea for lyrics, maybe a new melody. When he heard the door flung open and a tud he shot right off of the chair, looking with widened eyes at Snow that quickly got herself of the floor again, giving a very bad excuse and reason to be here. He wondered how much she had heard, and god did he feel ashamed himself right now. “Ah, never mind, I was about to finish up anyway,” he then said calmly, smiling very slightly as he was taken aback by her sudden appearance. This was the reason he would always use a quiet voice to sing rather than using his voice clearer, but it could’ve been worse. G or Lusi could’ve found out about this, they would find out soon enough when Snow would tell them though. He had wanted to play the group song once to see how that had worked out, but now that Snow had strolled in, he couldn’t just continue. He grabbed his papers and put them away calmly, putting everything as he had found it before and then looked at Snow again. This was an awkward situation, for him at least. He hadn’t want to say it to any of the members because he feared he flopped and he already had low confidence in himself so, and being a rookie writing songs, well that doesn’t sound so great. “Were you looking for me or..?” He then asked to break the silence a bit because it would only be more awkward if he’d stay quiet towards her. It was his own fault for not locking the door, and picking a more noisy room, but well it couldn’t be undone now.
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Post by pieceofmind on Apr 15, 2017 21:01:40 GMT
Bang Yongguk (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
He laughed quietly at her words about Jayu and shrugged a bit at them, you never knew with that lad to be quite fair. "Ahh.. I made quite a few, but I'll show you the ones that I'm pleased with, the others are just rough drafts or will just be locked forever 'cause I don't see it working out," he laughed quietly as he wrapped an arm around her and nodded a bit. "Don't feel bad, they're really not that bad. I'm used to the wild beasts they can be," he smirked half and rested his head back against the wall. "Ahh.. I mean, slightly stressed but that's not that bad, keeps me going and prevents me from doing nothing, right? I've just been trying to get my head around some good songs, but I missed your good judgement to see if I could step up to our manager with them," he spoke and looked at her from the corner of his eyes for a moment, smirking half. "Let's get you to listen then," he spoke as he took his phone out of his pocket and took his earbuds too so they could really listen properly. He carefully placed one earbud in her ear and the other in his own, playing the first song from the playlist he had made for all the new songs, which was named the same way for ease. She fixed her clothes quickly and looked at him when he spoke, smiling innocently. "I'm really sorry, I really didn't mean to disturb but I was actually looking for you," she spoke a bit calmer as she walked over to him and looked at the piano he just played. Her fingertips touched the keys carefully, to not make a sound, but her interest surely had been sparked by his playing and singing. "I was just curious to see how you were doing, I know I've been quite quick to disappear today at school because of the shoot. Which, was quite something, I almost got in a fight with someone because she scolded me whilst she kept making mistakes herself, I only made one," she snorted as she looked at him and smiled. "But the rest you'll see on TV~" She hummed jokingly as she looked at him again after looking at the piano and smiled brighter than just now. "I'll keep what you just did a secret, but if I may say something about it.. Please keep going with it. You're far better than you think." She whispered as she jumped onto the piano wing and sat down properly. "Had me so stunned I fell into the door, as always," she rolled her eyes and pulled her legs up to fold them. "So, how are you?"
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